About Us
The Energy Library started out in 1945 as the New Zealand Electricity Department Library, which had material dating from 1900. In 1987 it became the Electricity Corporation New Zealand (ECNZ) Library and Information Centre and in 1999, after ECNZ was split into three state owned enterprise companies, the Energy Library was set up.
The Energy Library and Information Service is now a not-for-profit organisation.
This enables it to provide the most cost-effective and up-to-date information
to all its clients across the board, including access to electronic information.
Our current membership includes both large and small companies with around
3000 borrowers in total.
Our collection covers:
Engineering (electrical, mechanical, civil, chemical, hydrology, control and instrumentation)
Electricity generation, transmission & distribution
Energy Markets
Energy Resources (renewables, coal, gas)
Energy Management/Efficiency (case studies, audits, metering/control)
Renewable energy (wind, hydro, marine, geothermal, solar, bio-energy)
Environment
Management, business and company information
This information is held in the form of:
Books, journals and conference proceedings
Technical standards (AS, IEEE, BS, IEC, ANSI, and NZS)
Material on electricity generation, transmission & distribution in New Zealand
Feasibility studies conducted in New Zealand
Business and company annual reports
NZERDC and EPRI publications
Liquid Fuels Trust Board publications
EECA Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Collections
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